One-pagers

One-time off lesson plans, great for substitutions or simple ways to approach grammar & vocabulary

Most of the lesson plans on this website are designed with the idea that learning is a progressive experience. The teacher would follow up and build on the theme of focus with his or her students over the span of the course, or at least over a part of it. There are some situations where while continuity & development over the course is still held important, shorter, more discrete lesson plans are called for.

Some schools are set up to teach modules, mini-courses focused on students gaining some knowledge or mastery over a short period of time. Another such situation is a substitution and a different teacher is called in at the last minute to temporarily cover a class. And there is someone frantically trying to put together something which could be done in that class. These one-page (or two) lesson plans can be very useful. The plan is already clearly & simply laid out and any references &/or materials are provided.

This list is just beginning and if you have any requests or comments, please feel free to let me know in the Contact section.

NOTE: To save a bit of space a few shorthand abbreviations have been used which may appear in the lesson plan.

‘WOB‘ refers to Write On the Board (or the equivalent)
‘St‘ refers to a student and ‘Ss‘ refer to more than one.
‘Tr‘ refers to the teacher or at times, a student taking the active directing role in pair-work